According to CBI sources, Brahmananda Reddy, who works as an Indian Railways Accounts Service officer in Kolkata, was called by the agency and then arrested. He was grilled over his alleged role in helping Jagan amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income, said reports.

Jagan's father late YS Rajasekhara Reddy's government has also been accused of granting 15,000 acres of land in Guntur and Prakasam to Prasad's company for the development of Industrial Corridor and Vadarevu Nizampatnam Port during its tenure in the state.